Ten more people were arrested on Friday in connection with the case of vote buying in Stepanavan city as part of the criminal proceeding being conducted by the Anti-Corruption Committee of Armenia.

The Committee informed that a total of 24 people have now been charged in the aforesaid criminal proceeding.

Earlier, Armenian News-NEWS.am reported that 14 people were arrested on charges of giving, aiding, and abetting election bribery, as well as receiving election bribes in order to vote for the opposition Strong Armenia party candidate in the municipal elections to be held in Stepanavan on Sunday.

The Anti-Corruption Court has placed Arsen Gevorgyan, the Strong Armenia party’s mayoral candidate in Stepanavan, under pretrial detention two months.